Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2005-2959

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in sudo 1.6.8 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) SHELLOPTS and (2) PS4 environment variables before executing a bash script on behalf of another user, which are not cleared even though other variables are.

  • Published: Oct 25, 2005
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2005-2959
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3p1 1.6.3p1.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3_p6 1.6.3_p6.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3p3 1.6.3p3.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.6 1.6.6.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3p2 1.6.3p2.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3 1.6.3.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.4_p2 1.6.4_p2.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.1 1.6.1.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3_p5 1.6.3_p5.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.2 1.6.2.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.8 1.6.8.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.4_p1 1.6.4_p1.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3_p2 1.6.3_p2.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3_p4 1.6.3_p4.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.5_p2 1.6.5_p2.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.4p1 1.6.4p1.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.5p2 1.6.5p2.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.5 1.6.5.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3_p3 1.6.3_p3.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.5_p1 1.6.5_p1.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3p4 1.6.3p4.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3p6 1.6.3p6.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3p7 1.6.3p7.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3_p7 1.6.3_p7.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6 1.6.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.4 1.6.4.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.7 1.6.7.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3p5 1.6.3p5.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.3_p1 1.6.3_p1.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.4p2 1.6.4p2.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.5p1 1.6.5p1.x
todd_miller / sudo 1.6.7_p5 1.6.7_p5.x